Battle Battle of Alma
Oh! boys have you heard of the battle,
The allies brave had on the shore,
The joybells and cannons did rattle,
Announcing it o’er and o’er,
The total defeat of the Russians,
Was echoed with joy everywhere;
Success to John Bull and Napolean,
And very soon peace may we hear.
Chorus.
Then here’s to the army and navy,
In Russia they’re on the advance,
Supporting the standard of freedom,
Success to old England and France.
It was on the heights of Alma,
The Russians were laying entrench’d
Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud,
Commanding the English and French;
In front of the fortified walls,
The allies marched into the fight,
Fifty-eight thousand men in bright armour,
Put all the wild Russians to flight,
Then here’s, &c.
On the twentieth of September,
The desperate battle was fought,
The Russians will ever remember,
Tho’ dearly my boys it was bought
With the blood of our courageous allies,
Who fell on the fortified plain,
They brought the flag of old England,
Without either blemish or stain.
Then here’s, &c.
The Russians held up their position,
And fought for the space of three hours,
Secluded behind their entrenchments,
The balls flew around us in showers;
At last at the point of the bayonet,
The Russians were forced to retreat,
And run in the greatest disorder,
Compell’d by a total defeat.
Then here’s &c.
The number that lay dead and wounded,
Is awful my friends to recite,
Let’s mourn the loss of our allies,
Who fell in the desperate fight;
They fought them with great desperation,
And forced the wild Russians to yield,
While cannons did rattle in battle,
They conquered and died on the field,
Then here’s, &c.